Word Study
pent (root: pen)
CIDE DICTIONARY
pent, p. p. [From Pen, v. t. ].
Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
"Here in the body pent."
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"No pent-up Utica contracts your powers."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
pent, adj. (often foll. by in, up) closely confined; shut in (pent up feelings).
Etymology
past part. of pend var. of PEN(2) v.
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